Card-case.



BATENTED AUG. 23, 1904 B ME KS GA A D R m APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 8; 1903.

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no. 768,420. r

Patented August 23,1904.

' UNITED ST TES I PATENT v OFFicE.

WALLACE S. BRAGK-TLE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CARD-CASE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 768,420, dated August 23, 1904.

Application filed September 8, 1903. Serial No. 172,225. (No model.) 1

T (.tZZ 107mm, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WALLACE S. BRACKTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and use' ful Improvements in Gard-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved card'- case especially designed for convenient carriage of visiting-cards of fraternal societies. The case may, however, be also used for other purposes of like character, and therefore I do not limit myself to the above-mentioned special object of the case, but claim the same for all purposes for which it maybe used.

My invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination. and arrangement of parts for the above ends hereinafter fully specified, and particularly pointed out in the position as in Fig. 1.

claim.

In the accompanying drawlngs, Flgure 1 1s a perspective view of the case with the visit-- Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the case, which is closed at one end only, as shown at 2, and has attached to said closed end an eye or loop 3, by which the device may be suspended from the watch-chain or maybe secured in any other manner. Said case has a slot 4 extending its entire length and open at the open end of the case.

The visiting-card 5 is flexible and is rolled up on a cylinder 6, being secured to said cylinder by its edge being secured to said cylinder 6. When the cylinder6, with the card 5 rolled up thereon, is inserted in the open end of the case 1,'the card itself is passed into the slot 4 through the open end of the slot. The closed end 2 of the case is formed with a conical inwardly-extending trunnion 14:, which enters the end of the cylinder 6 and forms the pivot therefor at that end. o

The open end of the case is closed by a hollow cap 9, which has a collar 15, which fits on the outside of the case 1 sufiiciently snug to prevent turning on said case. In this cap turns a spindle 10, which has a pointed end 16, forming the other trunnion for the cylinder 6. This spindle 10 is for convenience of manufacture formed in two partsan outer sleeve 17 and an inner core, which is screwed into the outer sleeve to form the spindle. The sleeve 17 has a shoulder 11, which when thecollar 15 is fully pushed endwise onto the case fits against a shoulder 12, formed on the end of the cylinder 6. Within the hollow cap 9, which is closed by a plug 18, is a spring 8, of which one end is secured to the cap and the other end is secured to the head of the spindle 10.

When the card is drawn'out, the spindle 10 is turned and the spring is wound up. When released, the spring again rolls up the card.

After the cap has been placed on the end of thecylinder any desired tension may be obtained upon the spring by turning the cap around in the direction to tighten the spring. The collar will then bind on the end of the cylinder sufficiently tight to prevent it turning back under the spring tension.

I claim- In combination with a sheet of flexible material, a case therefor, closed at one end, and

formed thereat with a pointed trunnion for a cylinder, said case being open at the other end and having a longitudinal slot also open at the open. end of the case, .a hollow cap, a

coiled spring within the cap having one end secured to the cap, a central spindleto which the other end of the spring is secured, rota'ting within the cap, said spindle and cylinder having shoulders broadened to engage with each other When the spindle is moved toward the cylinder, whereby the spindle is caused to rotate With the cylinder to Wind up the spring, the cap having a collar fitting the open end of the case sufiiciently tight to prevent rotation of the cap under the tension of the spring, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\V. S. BRAOKTLE.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. \Vmen'r, BESSIE GORFINKEL. 

